Only five months after the Québec Government announced it would go ahead with its innovative fixed pricing legislation on new titles, the project is now dead in the water. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Nearly 16 months after the Québec publishing industry began its quest for fixed pricing on new titles, they finally got what they wanted...sort of. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple says it will appeal against a court ruling that bans the company from entering into deals with publishers that could allow ebook prices to be fixed or inflated. The case was raised by the Department of Justice and judge Denise Cote's decision is very much in line with what they were... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The direct results of the ebook price fixing scandal between Apple and the five major U.S. book publishers are one-step closer to turning into real money for millions of Amazon customers. The online retailer recently began sending out e-mail notifications to Kindle ebook buyers telling... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The US Department of Justice isn't buying publishers' arguments that proposed injunctions against Apple for alleged ebook price fixing are excessive and contradictory. DOJ attorney Lawrence Buterman claims in a response letter that the penalties against Apple are necessarily harsher, since it... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apparently Apple isn't the only company thinking the US Department of Justice's recently imposed remedies against it were "draconian." US publishers HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin and others have also ganged up on the DOJ with a legal brief opposing the punitive restrictions. In... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Could limiting the period for fixed book prices give a needed boost to backlist sales by allowing retailers to discount after the initial buying frenzy is over? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Challenged by shrinking sales and online piracy, Poland’s publishing industry aims to mitigate losses with more stringent price regulation, reports Jaroslaw Adamowski. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US District Judge Denise Cote found that Apple was part of a conspiracy to increase ebook retail prices. An Apple spokesperson maintained that 'we've done nothing wrong.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple conspired with publishers to fix the price of electronic books, a US judge rules, but the company says it will appeal against the decision. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A federal judge in America has ruled that Apple conspired to raise the retail prices of ebooks,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A federal judge today ruled that Apple is guilty of violating antitrust law by conspiring with major publishers to raise ebook prices. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge Denise Cote seemed inclined to rule for the Department of Justice at the beginning of the trial, but her remarks as the case closed seemed to indicate a shift towards Apple's side. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Justice Department’s ebook price fixing trial – alleging that Apple conspired to raise ebook prices – is scheduled to end this week. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple director Keith Moerer said in court on Tuesday that the company holds about 20 percent of the US ebook market, double the size commonly assumed. The revelation came after the Department of Justice tried to bolster its price fixing case against the company by asserting that "Apple forgot to... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tthe US Department of Justice's suit against Apple alleging ebook price-fixing goes to trial on June 3 in Manhattan. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NEW YORK -- Apple and major publishers conspired in a scheme to fix prices on ebooks, costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars, a U.S. Justice Department attorney argued during the first day of a marquee antitrust trial. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Justice Department will lay out in a civil antitrust trial its accusations that Apple masterminded a cartel with publishers to raise ebook prices.For a company that beat down prices of online music, Apple Inc. finds itself in the odd situation of defending itself against government claims... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On August 22, 2012, 13 days before Quebecers went to the polls in one of the most hotly contested provincial elections of the past two decades, Quebec’s book industry launched its One Price for Books campaign (noslivresàjusteprix.com). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon will offer partial refunds to customers who bought ebooks between April 2010 and May 2012 a result of the settlement in a price-fixing case between publishers and the attorneys general of most U.S. states. The retailer is notifying eligible customers by email. Compensation ranges from... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I bought my first ebook in 1999 and in recent years stopped purchasing print altogether. My wife is a relative ebook newbie, so I am surprised that she and not me received surprising email today from Amazon about a forthcoming purchasing credit. Perhaps you got similar message. In April, the... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2012-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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